Yankees — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2004, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$184M

Surplus $M

-115

Win %

0.623

TAB

-6.1

WAB

+6.2

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

40.3

Dead money %

29%

Depth Players

11.0

Dead WAR

-3.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2004 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BJorge Posada134

RJohn Flaherty46

BDioner Navarro4

1B

BTony Clark99

LJohn Olerud⇄49

LJason Giambi47

LTravis Lee6

RMiguel Cairo1

2B

RMiguel Cairo113

BEnrique Wilson80

RHomer Bush4

3B

RAlex Rodriguez155

RMiguel Cairo8

RAndy Phillips4

RGary Sheffield2

RFelix Escalona1

SS

RDerek Jeter154

BEnrique Wilson16

RFelix Escalona4

RMiguel Cairo3

RAlex Rodriguez2

LF

LHideki Matsui160

LBubba Crosby11

BRuben Sierra8

CF

BBernie Williams97

LKenny Lofton65

LBubba Crosby12

LHideki Matsui3

RF

RGary Sheffield136

LBubba Crosby25

BRuben Sierra22

LKenny Lofton10

DH

BRuben Sierra54

BBernie Williams50

LJason Giambi28

RGary Sheffield18

LKenny Lofton3

Starters

RJon Lieber3.6 WAR

RMike Mussina2.9 WAR

RKevin Brown2.3 WAR

RJavier Vazquez2.1 WAR

ROrlando Hernandez1.7 WAR

LBrad Halsey0.4 WAR

RTanyon Sturtze0.3 WAR

LAlex Graman0.0 WAR

LDonovan Osborne-0.0 WAR

RJose Contreras⇄-0.1 WAR

RJorge DePaula-0.1 WAR

REsteban Loaiza⇄-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMariano Rivera53 sv

RTom Gordon36 h

RPaul Quantrill21 h

LFelix Heredia5 h

RScott Proctor2 h

RTanyon Sturtze1 h

RBret Prinz1 h

LGabe White⇄0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2003)

Player	fWAR
Alex Rodriguez	6.6
Gary Sheffield	3.8
Jon Lieber	3.6
Tom Gordon	2.8
Kevin Brown	2.3
Javier Vazquez	2.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Player	2003 fWAR
Alfonso Soriano	5.1
Andy Pettitte	5.1
Roger Clemens	4.5
David Wells	3.8
Raul Mondesi	2.4
Nick Johnson	2.3

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Yankees. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2004; everyone else is shown as a 2004 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Jon Lieber	2004	+3.6	+62.7	2.7	+60.0	$0.8M	2.19×	–
Tom Gordon	2004	+2.8	+58.1	3.5	+54.6	$1.2M	2.57×	–
Alex Rodriguez	2004	+6.6	+75.4	22.0	+53.4	$3.3M	1.43×	–
Gary Sheffield	2004	+3.8	+54.0	13.0	+41.0	$3.4M	1.79×	–
Hideki Matsui	2004	+3.0	+38.5	7.0	+31.5	$2.3M	1.60×	–
Derek Jeter	2004	+4.7	+49.7	18.6	+31.1	$3.9M	1.32×	–
Mike Mussina	2004	+2.9	+46.0	16.0	+30.0	$5.4M	1.96×	–
Mariano Rivera	2004	+2.5	+39.0	10.9	+28.1	$4.4M	1.95×	–
Jorge Posada	2004	+4.1	+37.0	9.0	+28.0	$2.2M	1.12×	–
Orlando Hernandez	2004	+1.7	+19.9	0.5	+19.4	$0.3M	1.49×	–
Javier Vazquez	2004	+2.1	+24.8	9.0	+15.8	$4.3M	1.49×	–
Kevin Brown	2004	+2.3	+27.9	15.7	+12.2	$6.7M	1.49×	–
Paul Quantrill	2004	+1.0	+10.5	3.0	+7.5	$3.0M	1.34×	–
Miguel Cairo	2004	+0.5	+2.2	0.9	+1.3	$1.8M	0.56×	–
Tony Clark	2004	+0.4	+1.6	0.8	+0.8	$2.1M	0.56×	–
Ruben Sierra	2004	+0.2	+1.1	1.0	+0.1	$5.2M	0.69×	–
C.J. Nitkowski↔	2004	-0.0	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	–	0.67×	–
Gabe White↔	2004	+0.0	+0.2	0.7	-0.5	$16.5M	0.67×	–
John Flaherty	2004	+0.1	+0.2	0.8	-0.5	$13.1M	0.52×	–
Donovan Osborne	2004	-0.0	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	–	0.67×	–
Jorge De Paula	2004	-0.1	-0.5	0.3	-0.9	–	0.67×	–
Kenny Lofton	2004	+0.3	+1.9	3.1	-1.2	$11.1M	0.83×	–
John Olerud↔	2004	+0.4	+1.7	3.0	-1.3	$7.9M	0.56×	–
Felix Heredia	2004	-0.1	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	–	0.67×	–
Bubba Crosby	2004	-0.4	-2.9	0.3	-3.2	–	0.83×	–
Travis Lee	2004	-0.3	-1.3	2.0	-3.3	–	0.56×	–
Esteban Loaiza↔	2004	-0.3	-2.4	1.3	-3.6	–	1.02×	–
Jose Contreras↔	2004	-0.1	-1.2	4.9	-6.1	–	1.02×	–
Enrique Wilson	2004	-1.2	-5.5	0.7	-6.2	–	0.56×	–
Steve Karsay	2004	-0.1	-0.3	6.0	-6.3	–	0.67×	–
Jason Giambi	2004	+0.0	+0.2	12.4	-12.3	$328.2M	0.56×	–
Bernie Williams	2004	-0.2	-1.2	12.4	-13.6	–	0.83×	–
Alex Graman	2004	+0.0	+0.4	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Andy Phillips	2004	+0.1	+0.3	–	–	–	0.58×	–
Brad Halsey	2004	+0.4	+2.9	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Bret Prinz	2004	-0.2	-0.8	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Dioner Navarro	2004	+0.0	+0.2	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Felix Escalona	2004	-0.1	-0.3	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Homer Bush	2004	-0.1	-0.7	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Juan Padilla↔	2004	+0.0	+0.1	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Sam Marsonek	2004	+0.0	+0.1	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Scott Proctor	2004	-0.2	-1.3	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Tanyon Sturtze	2004	+0.3	+1.6	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+40.4	+538.8	184.0	+352.4	—

Trades

Every graded 2004 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

2004 · CHW / NYY

CHW · Kenny Williams +$116.0M

José Contreras

NYY · Brian Cashman −$116.0M

Esteban Loaiza

CHW came out ahead by $116.0M

2004 · PHI / NYY

PHI · Ed Wade +$56.0M

Kenny Lofton

NYY · Brian Cashman −$56.0M

Félix Rodríguez

PHI came out ahead by $56.0M

2004 · NYY / CIN

NYY · Brian Cashman +$6.4M

Charlie Manning

CIN · Dan O'Brien −$6.4M

Gabe White

NYY came out ahead by $6.4M

2004 · HOU / NYY

HOU · Gerry Hunsicker +$9.6M

Mike Lamb

NYY · Brian Cashman −$9.6M

Juan De Leon

HOU came out ahead by $9.6M

2004 · LAD / NYY

LAD · Dan Evans +$2.4M

Brian Myrow

NYY · Brian Cashman −$2.4M

Tanyon Sturtze

LAD came out ahead by $2.4M

2004 · NYY / TEX

NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M

Mike Lamb

TEX · John Hart +$0.0M

José García

Even trade

2004 · NYM / NYY

NYM · Jim Duquette +$4.0M

Félix Heredia

NYY · Brian Cashman −$4.0M

Mike Stanton

NYM came out ahead by $4.0M

2004 · TEX / NYY

TEX · John Hart +$49.6M

Alfonso Soriano, Joaquín Arias

NYY · Brian Cashman −$49.6M

Alex Rodriguez

TEX came out ahead by $49.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2004 payroll

$183.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2004, 2004–2010. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (30)

Player	Age	Svc	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Alex Rodriguez	28	10.000	$22.0M	$26.0M	$21.7M	$22.7M	$28.0M	$33.0M	$33.0M
Derek Jeter	30	9.000	$18.6M	$19.6M	$20.6M	$21.6M	$21.6M	$21.6M	$22.6M
Mike Mussina	35	13.000	$16.0M	$19.0M	$19.0M	$11.1M	$11.1M	FREE AGENT
Kevin Brown	39	18.000	$15.7M	$15.7M	FREE AGENT
Gary Sheffield	35	16.000	$13.0M	$13.0M	$10.8M	FREE AGENT
Jason Giambi	33	9.000	$12.4M	$13.4M	$20.4M	$23.4M	$23.4M	FREE AGENT
Bernie Williams	35	13.000	$12.4M	$12.4M	$1.5M	FREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera	34	9.000	$10.9M	$10.5M	$10.5M	$10.5M	$15.0M	$15.0M	$15.0M
Javier Vazquez	27	6.000	$9.0M	FREE AGENT					$11.5M
Jorge Posada	33	9.000	$9.0M	$11.0M	$12.0M	$12.0M	$13.1M	$13.1M	$13.1M
Steve Karsay	32	11.000	$6.0M	$4.2M	FREE AGENT
Tom Gordon	36	16.000	$3.5M	$3.8M	FREE AGENT
Kenny Lofton	37	13.000	$3.1M	FREE AGENT
Paul Quantrill	35	12.000	$3.0M	$1.3M	FREE AGENT
John Olerud	35	15.000	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Jon Lieber	34	10.000	$2.7M	FREE AGENT
Travis Lee	29	6.000	$2.0M	FREE AGENT
Felix Heredia	29	8.000	$1.8M	FREE AGENT
Esteban Loaiza	32	9.000	$1.3M	FREE AGENT
Ruben Sierra	38	18.000	$1.0M	$1.5M	FREE AGENT
Miguel Cairo	30	8.000	$900k	FREE AGENT	$1.0M	$494k
John Flaherty	36	12.000	$775k	$800k	FREE AGENT
Tony Clark	32	9.000	$750k	FREE AGENT
Gabe White	32	10.000	$722k	FREE AGENT
Enrique Wilson	30	7.000	$700k	FREE AGENT
Orlando Hernandez	38	6.000	$500k	FREE AGENT
Donovan Osborne	35	12.000	$450k	FREE AGENT
C.J. Nitkowski	31	9.000	$174k	FREE AGENT
Homer Bush	31	7.000	—	FREE AGENT
Tanyon Sturtze	33	9.000	—	$850k	$1.5M	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (1)

Player	Age	Svc	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Bret Prinz	27	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

Player	Age	Svc	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Hideki Matsui	30	1.000	$7.0M	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jose Contreras	32	1.000	$4.9M	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jorge De Paula	25	1.000	$303k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bubba Crosby	27	1.000	$301k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Alex Graman	26	–	—
Felix Escalona	25	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Andy Phillips	27	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dioner Navarro	20	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Scott Proctor	27	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Sam Marsonek	25	–	—
Brad Halsey	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Juan Padilla	27	–	—

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 2004 acquisition stacked onto Yankees's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

2004 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2003)

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (30)

Arbitration-eligible (1)

Pre-arbitration (12)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

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Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

2004 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 2003)

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (30)

Arbitration-eligible (1)

Pre-arbitration (12)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Offense

Pitching & Defense